All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1411
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Absorbing absorption
Absorption cooling systems turn heat into useful cooling. They currently need more energy than other refrigeration systems, but coefficients of performance are being increased. Is absorption cooling the refrigerant-free technology of the future?
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Mix and match
How succesful are mixed tenure communities in tackling social exclusion? Our contributor examines controversial evidence
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New task force targets homelessness
Homelessness policy in Scotland is set for a major rethink following the introduction of a new government task force
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Flight from the north
Low demand is a fact - but does that mean the need for 4.1 million new homes is a fiction? Our contributor says migration from the north is in danger of obscuring national need
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Pathfinders approved but phase three faces delays
Seven New Deal for Communities bids which failed to impress ministers earlier this year were this week finally given the go-ahead amid signs the flagship programme's timetable is slipping
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Minister takes another step towards transfer
A national housing strategy for Wales will be put to the new assembly within months, the Welsh environment secretary has revealed
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Action team spurns plan for New Deal wardens
A government team has spurned the Social Exclusion Unit's idea of using unemployed New Deal recruits to patrol housing estates
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A woman of power
One woman exerts a huge influence over this government's housing policy. Housing Today asks if Anne Power lives up to her name
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Finance: a leap of faith
Have registered social landlords got a viable financial future?
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Estates to be levelled as demand keeps shrinking
Falling demand for housing has forced an inner city council to change its plans for stock transfer
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Shortages force councils to risk 'breaching' law
Councils across London are failing in their duty to homeless people because of the acute shortage of homes in the capital
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Teen mums' housing ban may face legal challenge
Armstrong reveals hostel plan for under-18s
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Homelessness back on the list: cash goes south
More housing cash looks set to be allocated to London and the south east following the government's plans to reintroduce homelessness as an indicator of need
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Associations told to meet BME targets
A new "naming and shaming" policy is to be introduced to improve the record of mainstream housing associations towards black and minority ethnic communities
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Word on the street
He is New York's equivalent to streets czar Louise Casey. But are we ready for his views on how to slash street homelessness?
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Report is 'a missed opportunity
Work by exclusion unit team causes bitter disappointment
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The numbers game
Low demand may be the issue of the day. But that doesn't mean we can afford to ignore the need for new homes
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Estate designs to combat crime 'a waste of effort'
Widespread design measures to cut crime on estates may be counterproductive and a waste of money, it was claimed this week
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Call for better management
A government policy action team has called for a marked improvement in the standard of housing management on the poorest estates